U.S. Senator to speak at Mahoning County fundraiser

July 31, 2014 at 2:56p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — New Jersey U.S. Sen. Cory Booker will be the guest speaker at the Aug. 22 Mahoning County Democratic Party’s Chairman’s Dinner.

Booker, former mayor of Newark, was elected to the seat in an August 2013 special election, and is up for re-election in November.

Tickets are $500 a person with the event at the Zoldan family residence in Canfield from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 22.

“It’s a big land for us,” said county Democratic Chairman David Betras. “He is a rising star in the Democratic Party. He’s been on the national stage and now he’s coming to Mahoning County.”

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